Vocabulary

1. Complete the text with the words from the list.

affordable | close | diverse | industrial | inner city | relaxed | remote | rural | trendy | urban

Barra is a 1__________ Scottish island and the small population forms a very 2__________
community, where everyone knows each other. The pace of life is very 3__________ in this
4
__________ farming landscape. It couldn’t be more different from 5__________ areas like
Glasgow, with its many square miles of suburbs and 6__________ estates. Like many other
places in the UK, the population of Glasgow’s 7__________ neighbourhoods is very
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__________, with people from many different cultures and backgrounds. The West End is a
9
__________ area with fashionable cafés and boutiques. Surprisingly, you can find quite
10
__________ places to eat and drink in this area, so you won’t have to spend all your money
in one evening.

2. Complete the sentences with the prompts in brackets and as though / as if.

1. A: How did Alex sound when you phoned him this morning?
B: He sounded __________________________________________________.
(he / be really happy about something)

2. A: Are you going to wear your boots tonight?

B: Yes, it feels ___________________________________________.
(it / snow)

3. A: Yesterday afternoon we had lunch in the new café, did some shopping and
went to the cinema.
B: Wow, it sounds ____________________________________. (you / have fun)

4. A: You look __________________________________________________

(you / not sleep well last night)
B: No, I didn’t. I was really nervous about today’s exam.

5. A: Rachel looks upset – do you think something has happened?

 B: Yes, it looks__________________________________________________.
(she / have an argument with somebody)

6. A: Are you OK? You don’t look well.

B: No, I feel ________________________________________. (I / faint)

7. A: It looks __________________________________________________.
(Djokovic / win Wimbledon)
B: Yes, he’s been playing really well recently.

8. A: This summer we’re going to Japan for three weeks and then to South Korea for
two weeks.
B: It sounds ________________________________________. (it / be expensive)

3. Match the two halves of the sentences.

a. I only speak English, I’ve never

1. Let me take
learned a foreign language.

2. If nothing goes b. this opportunity to thank you all.

3. I’d like to have c. the most of it.

4. Diet can make d. wrong, we’ll be home for supper.

e. the worst in people, at least until he

5. It’s time we put
gets to know them.

6. It’s not perfect but we’ll have to

f. the best of it.
make

7. My aunt’s so kind, and she always

g. a big difference to your fitness.
sees

8. It’s the last day of the holiday, so h. bright because you have a lot of office
 we’d better make experience.

9. I think you’ll find you have to work

i. an end to this awful war.
hard to achieve

10. She has several strengths,

j. a go at windsurfing.
including

k. good organisational and

11. My one weakness is that
communication skills.

l. your goals, especially those related to

12. Your job prospects look
your career.

13. He’s rather pessimistic and always

m. the best in people.
sees

4. Complete the sentences with the words from the list in the correct form. Use suffixes
and make any other changes if necessary.

act | benefit | compete | danger | driver | emotion | enjoy | major | personal | profession |
recognise | relation | remark | satisfy | settle | use | value

1. The new football coach is very ___________________ and is insisting we train three times
a week.

2. Taylor Swift is not only pretty, she also has a lovely ___________________.

3. Doctors believe that being happy is ___________________ to your health.

4. As well as eating healthily, it’s important to be ___________________, by doing sport, for

example.

5. I don’t have a very close ___________________ with my cousins – we hardly ever see
each other.

6. Scientists say that the ___________________ of teenagers don’t get enough exercise.

7. Did you know the Mayans had ___________________ in other countries apart from
Mexico?

8. This award is in ___________________ of his hard work for this company over the past
decade.

9. Thank you for all this information which I’m sure will prove ___________________ to our
research.

10. We didn’t know there was any gold in this area, this is a ___________________
discovery.

11. I find this app is very ___________________ when I don’t know the correct word to
write.

12. I had a great feeling of ___________________ when my website was up and running.

13. Do you want to enter a dance ___________________ this weekend?

14. The school considers this road too ___________________ for students to cycle on.

15. My parents were very ___________________ when my older brother left for college.

16. Did you get any ___________________ out of playing tennis in the rain?

17. This online company has started to use ___________________ cars for their delivery
service.

Grammar

5. Choose the right phrases to complete the conversation.

Ali: What time’s the bus?

Beth: It (1) will leave / leaves at half past. Where are you off to?
Ali: I (2) am going to get / get some food. Do you want to come?
Beth: OK, go on then. We (3) won’t get / aren’t getting another chance to eat for a
few hours.
Ali: Good point. I (4) am going to get / will get us some water too.
Beth: Good idea. The bus won’t stop until we (5) will get / get to London, will it?
Ali: No. It’s direct. What (6) are we going to do / we do tonight?
Beth: Well, as soon as we (7) have arrived / arrive Jane will pick us up. Then, after
we (8) will go / have gone to Jane’s house to leave our cases and change we
can go out. I (9) am about to book / book a table at Diego’s, an Italian
restaurant. Look, what do you think?
Ali: It looks good to me.

6. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the present simple, present
continuous, going to or will.

1. According to my ticket, the flight ____________________ at 7 pm. (depart)

2. I’m meeting Sam tonight. We ____________________ to the cinema to see Interstellar

Attack 2. (go)

3. Hurry up! The match ____________________ about to start! (be)

4. I ____________________ as soon as I get home, I promise. (call)

5. The story ____________________ you guessing to the very last page. (keep)

6. My sister ____________________ a baby next month. (have)

7. The days ____________________ so short in a few months’ time. (be)

8. I’m hungry. I think I ____________________ something to eat. (get)

7. Choose the right verbs or phrases to complete the sentences.

1. Don’t phone now – they’ll be having / have had / have been having dinner.

2. There’s no point looking in the letterbox – the postman won’t be being / have been / have
been being yet.

3. I can’t believe we will be watching / have watched / have been watching TV for five hours
at the end of this programme!

4. You’d better call your parents – they will be expecting / have expected / have been
expecting you to ring all day.

5. By five o’clock they will be arriving / have arrived / have been arriving at the airport.

6. Just think – this time next week we’ll be relaxing / have relaxed / have been relaxing in the
sunshine.

7. By the time I’m 25, I will be finishing / have finished / have been finishing university.

8. We won’t be moving / have moved / have been moving house until July.

8. Complete the conversation with the verbs from the list in the correct form. Use the
future continuous or future perfect.

be | buy | complete | cycle | not get | train | travel | visit

Daisy: My brother’s planning to tour South America by bike this summer.

Ella: Oh. Who (1) _________________ he _________________ with?
Daisy: A couple of friends from university. I guess they (2) _________________
their plane tickets already.
Ella: Which countries (3) _________________ they _________________?
Daisy: I’m not sure. He says that by the time they finish, they
(4) _________________ to five countries and they (5) _________________
for ten weeks. They (6) _________________ over 3,000 miles.
Ella: Wow! I guess they (7) _________________ much rest, then?
Daisy: My brother doesn’t like relaxing. He (8) _________________ on his bike right
know, if I know him!

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